LANDI: Il S. Alessio*

LANDI: Il S. Alessio* 23 February. Rome , Pal. Barberini Text by G. Rospigliosi (the future Pope Clement ix). Dramma Musicale, prologue and 3 acts. First opera produced at the theatre in the Palazzo Barberini. Repeated there February 1634 in honour of a visit of Alexander Charles , brother of King Wladislaw IV of Poland. Revived Bologna 1647 (probably Landi’s work). Score published in 1634 (the only opera score of that period which is not exceedingly rare). For an account of S. Alessio see G…